The
Happiness of Kati by Jane Vejjajiva - $3Nine year old Kati has always lived with her grandparents in the house by the river. Every day she goes to school, brings offerings to the monks, and plays with Tong, the abbot’s nephew. She is happy enough, but something- someone- is missing. Kati has not seen her mother for five years, and no one will tell her where she is, until the days she receives some shocking news from Grandmother: her mother is very ill with Lou Gehrig’s disease and has suffered from it for many years. Would Kati like to go see her?
An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 2003. Very good condition.
Total weight: 205g
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter - $2
An abridged version of Porter’s classic, Pollyanna. Introduction written by Hayley Mills, who played Pollyanna in Walt Disney’s version of the book. There are thirty illustrations, twenty-one in colour, by Judy Masterangelo.
An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 1988. Good condition.
Total weight: 266g
Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling - $4
These are the stories that adults and children have loved since their first publication in 1902. We read how the leopard got his spots, how the lazy camel got a hump, and how the painted jaguar was outsmarted, and many more, each accompanied by a poem written by Kipling.
Illustrated by Safaya Salter, in full colour.
An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 1987. Good condition.
Total weight: 551g
The Young Black Stallion by Walter and Steven Farley - $3
Here is the
early story of the horse who grew up to be the Black Stallion, the most famous
fictional horse of the twentieth century. Fans of the Black Stallion have
long wanted to know what happened to him before he was captured and brought to
the west. Now they can thrill to his very first adventures in Arabia as
he fights, outwits, and eludes man and beast – and becomes the magnificent
dangerous creature originally introduced in the Black Stallion.An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 1989. Good condition.
Total weight: 369g
Walking the
Boundaries by Jackie French - $3He could sell the farm and be rich! All Martin has to do is walk the boundaries and the farm will be his. It seems like a huge joke when his great-grandfather tells him that he doesn’t even have to walk all the way around the fences. It is a bright sunny day when Martin sets out but suddenly he finds himself being swept away in a flash flood! Meg rescues him, and Wullamudulla saves them both from a bushfire. What kind of strange boundary has he crossed? This is a novel about time, about culture and the land.
An ex-library book, soft cover. Copyright 1993. Good condition.
Total weight: 231g
Dr Seuss
Hooray for the Differndoofer day! By Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith - $2If you visit Diffendoofer School, you’ll find it’s lots of fun! You’ll meet Miss Bobble and Miss Wobble and, best of all, Miss Bonkers. You’ll want to smile and say hooray, for Differndoofer Day! And if you love Dr Seuss, you’ll want to see how this book came to be.
An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 1988. Good condition.
Total weight: 465g
Babe and other stories by Dick King-Smith - $4
Cats, dogs, mice, hedgehogs and – of course- pigs! Animals of all shapes and sizes are here. Some old favourites, like Babe the pig-sheep, make a welcome appearance. Other stories are brand new. This collection, illustrated in full colour throughout, shows this favourite author at his delightful and very funny best.
An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 1997. Good condition, some dirt on the first page.
Total weight: 708g
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder - $5
Laura moves into her own little house. Laura and Almanzo have just been married! Their new life on a small prairie homestead begins with high hopes. But each year seems to bring unexpected disasters – storms, sickness, fire and unpaid debts. These first four years call for courage, strength, and a great deal of determination. Always, though, there is love, especially for the newest member of the family – baby Rose. 9th in a series of 9 about Laura Ingalls Wilder.
An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 1971. Good Condition.
Total weight: 212g
Kim by Rudyard Kipling - $3
One of the great adventure books of all time, KIM, first published in 1901, is Kipling’s last major work about India, a farewell look brimming with all the colour and sound, squalor and splendour of that exotic land. Kim, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, is a mischievous wordly imp growing up in the walled city of Lahore. A secret mission for the British and a heartfelt bond with a Tibetan lama in search of a sacred river soon lead Kim into a life of spies and secrets, danger and high excitement.
An ex-library book, soft cover. Copyright 1983. Very good condition.
Total weight: 150g
Chronicles of Avonlea and Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery - $5
On Prince Edward Island, where Anne Shirley grew up in the sea-sprayed town of Avonlea, there was no shortage of wonderful stories. These two volumes fill in details of the other citizens’ lives in Avonlea while Anne is growing up. Chronically, they are the 4th and 5th in the series of 8, but can really be read anytime throughout the series.
Ex-library books, softcover. Copyright 1993. Good condition.
Total weight: 227g
Gulliver’s Adventures in Lilliput by Jonathan Swift, retold by Ann Keay Beneduce -$3
One fine morning in May of the year 1699, young Doctor Lemuel Gulliver kissed his beloved wife and children farewell and eagerly boarded the sailing ship Antelope, bound for the faraway islands of the East Indies. Gulliver had always loved adventures, and when he was offered the position of ship’s doctor he had accepted at once. For many weeks all went well. But somewhere north of Van Diemen’s Land a terrible storm arose. Battered by the wind and waves, the Antelope struck a rock, splintered and sank…Let Gulliver tell you in his own words of the events that followed….
An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 1993. Very good condition.
Total weight: 481g
Green Grass of Wyoming by Mary O’Hara - $3
This is the 3rd book in a series of 3, the ‘my friend Flicka’ books. The other two are, ‘My friend Flicka’, and ‘Thunderhead’.
An ex-library book, hard cover. Copyright 1975. Fairly good condition, cover is wearing away from the rest of the book.
Total weight: 528g
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